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The environment is a topic that involves a lot of specialist vocabulary.

Plastic bags, bottles, boxes and cans overflowing from bins and on floor.

Here are some words which will be useful to talk about recycling and reusing items or reducing waste:

el agua (fem)water
la basurarubbish, garbage
la bolsa (de plástico)(plastic) bag
la botellabottle
el combustiblefuel
los desechosrubbish, waste
la energíaenergy
la pilabattery
el plásticoplastic
cristal/vidrioglass
los productos químicoschemicals
los recursosresources
el consumoconsumption
el desperdiciowastage
el bosqueforest
el carbóncoal
la circulación/el tráficotraffic
los atascostraffic jams
el crudocrude oil
la electricidadelectricity
el agua (fem)
water
la basura
rubbish, garbage
la bolsa (de plástico)
(plastic) bag
la botella
bottle
el combustible
fuel
los desechos
rubbish, waste
la energía
energy
la pila
battery
el plástico
plastic
cristal/vidrio
glass
los productos químicos
chemicals
los recursos
resources
el consumo
consumption
el desperdicio
wastage
el bosque
forest
el carbón
coal
la circulación/el tráfico
traffic
los atascos
traffic jams
el crudo
crude oil
la electricidad
electricity

And here are some useful verbs:

ahorrarto save
apagarto switch off
cerrar (los grifos)to turn off (the taps)
evitarto avoid
malgastarto waste
recargarto recharge
reciclarto recycle
recogerto collect/pick up
reducirto reduce
reusar/reutilizarto reuse
tirarto throw away
usar/utilizarto use
respetarto respect
ayudarto help
ahorrar
to save
apagar
to switch off
cerrar (los grifos)
to turn off (the taps)
evitar
to avoid
malgastar
to waste
recargar
to recharge
reciclar
to recycle
recoger
to collect/pick up
reducir
to reduce
reusar/reutilizar
to reuse
tirar
to throw away
usar/utilizar
to use
respetar
to respect
ayudar
to help

Question

Rearrange these words into sentences and translate them into English.

  1. de botellas Siempre de trato las vidrio reciclar
  2. muy Es malgastar agua no el importante
  3. madre plástico las siempre bolsas reutiliza Mi de
  4. Para es luces energía apagar las ahorrar necesario
  5. evita de padre químicos y recargables Mi productos pilas el utiliza uso

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